JAKARTA - Currently, Saul Canelo Alvarez is the highest-income boxer on planet Earth. After defeating Gennady Golovkin in the third fight between the two boxers last weekend, Canelo pocketed a huge fortune.
Reported by ESPN, Tuesday, Canelo agreed to a contract with boxing promoter Eddie Hearn for two fights throughout 2022. The total salary is 85 million US dollars (Rp 1.27 trillion).
In detail, the first against Dmitry Bivol and the second occurred on Saturday night here against Kazakh boxer Triple G alias GGG.
Thus, the boxer from Guadalajara earned US$42.5 million (Rp636.86 billion) just from his fight.
If you add television rights that, according to DAZN, were purchased by 1.1 million people, the unofficial number would rise to 93.4 million US dollars (Rp1.39 trillion) for Canelo.
Meanwhile, on Golovkin's side, his income is estimated to increase to 60 million US dollars (Rp899.10 billion) thanks to 18.5 million US dollars (Rp277.22 billion) which he got from a duel plus 45 percent of the pay per view (pay per view).
Even though Triple G is an absolute number after fighting 12 rounds with Canelo, in terms of finance, neither boxer was a loss that night. Both got big money.
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